Commissioner of the International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico In this issue’s Q&A, Texas+Water Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Todd Votteler, interviews Roberto F. Salmón Castelo, Mexican Commissioner for the International Boundary and Water Commission (Comisión Internacional de Limites y Aguas, CILA). Commissioner Castelo has a wide range of experience in hydraulic projects. He was Northwest Regional Manager of the National Water Commission (CONAGUA) from 2002 to 2006 and from then until 2008 he served as General Manager
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outlook+water: July 2019
SUMMARY: Four of the last eight years have been warmer than the Dust Bowl. The rains appear to have stopped for much of the state. Storage in Elephant Butte Reservoir is the highest it’s been since June 2010. El Niño is expected to fizzle into La Nada over the next two months with La Nada conditions projected through the winter. The drought in South Texas and the Lower Rio Grande is expected to persist and
q&a+water: Chairman Lyle Larson & Chairman Charles Perry
In this issue’s Q&A, Texas+Water Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Todd Votteler, interviews State Representative Lyle Larson and Senator Charles Perry to get their take on the 86th Texas Legislative Session. Chairman Lyle Larson, House Natural Resources Committee In 2010, Representative Lyle Larson was elected State Representative for District 122. Larson was reelected to a fourth term in 2016. Currently, Larson serves as the Chair of the House Natural Resources Committee, as a member of the House Committee on
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leg+water: June 2019
Every month during the 86th Regular Session of the Texas Legislature, Dr. Robert Mace and Dr. Todd Votteler have provided an update on water-related legislation. The key water committees were Water and Rural Affairs in the Senate, and Natural Resources in the House. Read this month’s Q&A with the Chairman of those committees here to find out how the Chairman assess the results of the 86th Session. Well, it’s all over but the shouting. The
outlook+water: June 2019
SUMMARY: Above-normal rainfall continues to fall for much of the state. H. Ivie and E.V. Spence are at their highest reservoir levels since the late 1990s. However, drought is peeking back into South Texas. The odds of El Niño staying with us through the summer have decreased slightly to 66 percent with a 50 to 55 percent chance of conditions remaining through the fall and winter. The Atlantic hurricane season has been upgraded to normal